May 2023 - The Diary

May began with an interview with the lovely Patrick Stafford, who is writing a book about one of my previous television shows and met up with him in Little Italy for a great chat. The book will be out next year and more of that to come. Here we are post-chat pictured below! And as it was also my 50th birthday

that day, met up with my family for a lovely meal at the famous Ashoka West End in Ashton Lane!

Then into more excellent roleplay work with Glasgow University once again in both training and exam

situations with a great bunch of actors and now have lots more booked in for the next 8 weeks. Long days but really enjoyable work and good fun catching up with lots of old actor friends in Glasgow (below).

Then it was off to the Glasgow Detal School for more roleplay work with their final year exams and back to our wee shop at The Barras at weekends, which is going really well. Delighted to have former Celtic player and podcaster Si Ferry in this month and great chat, having played in the Old Firm Greats together

a couple of years ago, pictured above. More roleplay work with NHS Lanarkshire this month and Advo Health, followed by a voice over for old pal Douglas Sannachan's new short film RHINOMAN,which

is currently in pre-production. Back to Zico Fashion Boutique and a surprise visit from a documentary film crew who asked me and fellow Trader Eddie to do some pieces to camera for The Wu Tang Clan, in advance of their concert in Glasgow's Ovo Hydro later this summer! One of my favourite bands from

the 1990s and delighted to be a part of the film which will play behind the band on the screens on the day! More self-tapes this month, a few near misses and a couple of film offers now in for June. Rounded off the month with another series of roleplays with the Wheatley Group with a great team, pictured below. Been a

good month work-wise and auditions-wise and roll on June, which is looking really busy already!